101. Childhood Anxiety Network Home Page childhood Anxiety disorder Information and research site for parents, teachers,and the medical profession. http://www.childhoodanxietynetwork.org/

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102. Undoing Depression A Better Question Why Are So Many Children Depressed? depression inChildren Ten percent of children will suffer a depressive episode before age 12. http://www.undoingdepression.com/

Home Contents Living Well Events ... View Guestbook About Depression and this Website The Real Reason You Feel So BadAnd What You Can Do To Feel Good Six Simple Steps to Help Fight Depression • Identify your feelings and moods. Depression is a self-destructive effort to avoid feeling. Accept that emotions are natural and helpful. Learn that mood changes don't come "out of the blue" — they are always started by an event, a memory, a dream. Use the Mood Journal to identify what starts your mood changes. click on book image to read reviews or to order from Amazon.com "The book, Undoing Depression was my effort to help people unlearn the self-defeating habits of depression and replace them with more rewarding ways of living." Read the Introduction Tony Soprano Survival Kit Undoing Depression Makes the Hit List Please note: Although we try to be responsive to requests for help, we are NOT a crisis line and we are NOT an emergency resource. If you are in need of urgent help, contact your local emergency services immediately 330 West 58th Street, Suite 401

103. ParentsMedGuide.org This site helps parents and doctors help children and teens with depression.It s endorsed by the American Psychiatric Association and many other advocacy http://www.parentsmedguide.org/

As the parent or guardian of a child or teen-ager with clinical depression, a physician seeking more information, or as a patient yourself, you may be aware of the recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to attach a cautionary label, or "black box warning," to all antidepressant medications used to treat depression and other disorders in children and adolescents. The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have prepared these Guides to help patients, families, and physicians make informed decisions about obtaining and administering the most appropriate care for a child with depression. These Guides have been endorsed by many national medical, family and patient advocacy organizations, listed below. Click HERE to view the ParentsMedGuide News Release. A Guide offering practical advice to parents of children and adolescents struggling with depression.

104. Newest Depression Medications Widely Prescribed For Children A majority of family physicians and pediatricians are treating children withProzactype drugs for mild to moderate mental illness, despite a lack of http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990503041727.htm

@import "/styles/navbar.css"; @import "/styles/tabStyles.css"; Set home page Bookmark site Add search Latest News ... Email to friend Text Size A A A Front Page ... Advertise With Us Source University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine Date Print this page Email to friend Newest Depression Medications Widely Prescribed For Children CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A majority of family physicians and pediatricians are treating children with Prozac-type drugs for mild to moderate mental illness, despite a lack of scientific evidence to support their safety and effectiveness in youngsters, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Related News Stories Pain May Interfere With Depression Improvement (January 29, 2004) Treatment for depression may be stymied in people with moderate to severe body pain, according to a new study. Researchers Matthew J. Bair, M.D., formerly of the Regenstrief Institute, and colleagues ... full story (March 28, 2003) Children whose mothers are the most depressed, anxious, and report high levels of psychosomatic symptoms are twice as likely to be taken to a doctor when they complain of a stomach ache or abdominal ... full story (June 29, 1998)

105. Teen Depression, Teenage / Adolescent Depression Child and teenage depression is increasing rapidly and often being treated withunsuitable drugs. Why are our teens suffering so much depression, http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/Depression_Information/teen.htm

Test your depression knowledge Depression Home Depression Information Understanding Depression ... Depression Facts Teen Depression - Why is it on the Increase? - CHILDHOOD and teen depression is a reality. This is one of the most alarming facts to come from all the research; depression is affecting younger and younger people - adolescents and teenagers. (1) Here we look at why, and what we can do about it. Twenty years ago depression in children was almost unknown. Now the fastest rate of increase in depression is among young people. Again, this backs up the fact that most depression is not caused by chemical imbalances, whether in adolescents, teenagers or adults. What we are seeing are changes in society where basic needs (see later in the Depression Learning Path ) for companionship, healthy goals, responsibility, connection to others and meaning are not automatically met. Children, adolescents and teens are fed a constant diet of images showing how we are meant to look, sound and be, and told that this is important in life. Meaning is attached to what they have, or look like, rather than what they do, or achieve. Regardless of our own affluence, we see what those at the 'top' have and are told we should have it too, without thought for the tools or strategies to go about achieving it. During childhood, teenage years and particularly adolescence, pressure to conform with peers can be almost intolerably strong. If children feel different, inadequate or deprived in some way, then depression may result, depending on how they deal with it.

106. Depression In Children And Adolescents Authoritative information about depressive disorders in children and adolescents,including information on the causes, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.children.html

107. Depression In Children Causes and symptoms of depression in children. Children whose depression isnot treated are likely to experience bouts of depression, http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hc_children_content_merck.jspzQzpgzEzzS

108. Important Step Toward Identifying Effective Treatment For Childhood Depression Children who suffer from clinical depression lose interest in activities and have Clinical depression can have a devastating impact on children’s school http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-12/acon-ist_1120601.php

Public release date: 9-Dec-2001 E-mail Article Contact: Dr. Oakley Ray oray@acnp.org American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Important step toward identifying effective treatment for childhood depression An important step has been taken toward identifying safe and effective medications for treating severe depression in children and adolescents, a serious illness that affects about one youth in 20. Currently, there are no anti-depressant medications approved for use in children and adolescents. “Unfortunately, there is very little information available about treatment for depression in children and adolescents,” said Dr. Karen Dineen Wagner of the University of Texas Medical Branch. Wagner is a member of a team of researchers who conducted a multi-site clinical trial of the effectiveness of citalopram – a popular adult anti-depressant marketed as Celexa by Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – with young patients. “The results of the study show that citalopram may help to relieve the suffering of youths with depression,” Wagner reported on Sunday, Dec. 9, at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology held in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Finding effective treatments for this childhood order is particularly critical. Children who suffer from clinical depression lose interest in activities and have low energy, poor concentration and sleeping problems. They may feel so hopeless that they want to kill themselves. Clinical depression can have a devastating impact on children’s school performance, friendships and family relationships. Children who are depressed are likely to experience depression in adulthood. Therefore, treatment of this childhood disorder is critical, Wagner said.

109. Children's Depression: Developmental Differences In Psychology Of Children Who A Depressed Children are discussed by Dr. Berndt, clinical psychologist and coauthorof Multiscore depression Inventory for Children. http://www.divorcedoc.com/childdep.htm

Subscribe to free Free Divorce Magazine, click here to send blank email Contact Dr. Berndt Childhood Depression, a Developmental Discussion Depression in children rarely looks like it does in adults. Children of different ages have differnet symptoms, often reflecting their cognitive and developmental maturity. Clinically depressed children are not experiencing normal sad mood; rather they are as affected as their parents can be, with school, friendships, family and even life itself at risk. Children who are depressed, especially young ones, do not have the vocabulary of adults. They don't know how to say "I am sad" or I am lonely" as well as they know how to say "my tummy hurts" or "I don't want to go to school".Sad mood is not present nearly as often in children, who tend to either somatize (get sick) or act out their depression. Children who are picked on a lot are almost always depressed. They get the bully to act out their own disregard for them selves. Some bullies are also depressed. Children who fight a lot, run away from home, get involved in delinquent activities,break windows etc. should be evaluated for depression. When Dr. Charles Kaiser and I developed the children's version of the Multiscore Depression Inventory, we knew that we had to have it written in the children's own language. Twelve children, all in all, wrote nearly all the items.The subscales allow a clinician to assess not only depression but which aspects of depression are most pronounced. Subscales measure guilt, low self esteem, anxiety, suicidal ideation, social introversion, oppositional defiant behavior, hopelessness (pessimism),instrumental helplessness, and sad mood.

110. Wordbank On The Mental Health Foundation Website depression in children is defined as an illness when the feelings of depressionpersist and interfere with a child or adolescent’s ability to function. http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/wordbank.cfm?wordid=565&wbletter=C

111. Depression In Children—Part II Only 13% of children and adolescents diagnosed with depression (and no Children in all three treatment groups had fewer symptoms of depression than the http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Depression_in_Children_Part_II.htm

SEARCH HOME SIGN IN SIGN OUT SUBSCRIBER ACCESS BROWSE BACK ISSUES PUBLICATION CATALOG MY CART MY ACCOUNT CONTACT US HELP ABOUT US Welcome Newsweek readers Home Welcome Newsweek readers (This article was first printed in the March 2002 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. For more information or to order, please go to http://health.harvard.edu/mental In Part I we discussed the symptoms, causes, and diagnosis of child and adolescent depression. In this part we consider medications, psychotherapy, help for families, and some early efforts at prevention. Medications the FDA information on antidepressant use in children, adolescents, and adults HMHL Critics have been concerned about the growing use of psychiatric drugs by children and adolescents. They complain that physicians and psychiatrists are turning too quickly to chemical solutions rather than psychotherapy, possibly under the pressure of insurers and HMOs trying to cut expenses. Some say the drugs are overused because services are inadequate. They are worried about the effects of drug combinations, especially those that include stimulants. They doubt that we know enough about possible long-term effects on the developing brain.

112. The National Mental Health Association - Leading The Way For America's Mental He Broad based information by The National Mental Health Association on all aspectsof mental health and mental illness including children and youth. http://www.nmha.org/

About Us About NMHA NMHA Programs Bell Story ... NMHA Membership NMHA Welcomes You! The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service. Learn more about us! If you are in a crisis please call 1-800-SUICIDE Did You Know? September 8, 2005 The Department of Health and Human Services is looking for mental health and other health professionals to volunteer in the effort to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. For more information, click here Read more Mental Health in the Headlines Latest News Katrina Deals Unprecedented Blow All News Releases Policy Alert Administration Calls for Limiting Medicaid Rehab Services and Targeted Case Management All Legislative Alerts Get the Latest News in the Field...

113. The New Learning Center Psychological therapy center offers famiy, child and marriage mental health counseling. http://www.newlearningcenter.com/

Located in Westport, CT, The New Learning Center offers psychotherapy services for individuals, couples, families, and children. Marital, family, and child psychology expertise. Click for more details... Our Social Skills groups focus on communication skills, non-verbal behavior, friendship skills and specific techniques to help children in school and in other social settings. Click for more details... Life Coaching Bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Girl Power is here! ... schedules. Center

114. How To Tell If Your Child Is Depressed This site contains valuable information about how to tell if your child is depressed. http://www.mamashealth.com/mental/childdepression.asp

Mamashealth.com Home Mental Health Section ADHD ADHD Treatments Antisocial Personality Anxiety ... Treatment Strategies Links Email Mama Paxil Serzone Zoloft ... Zyprexa How to Tell If Your Child Is Depressed by Nancy Riggins-Hume LCSW nhume@pacbell.net Depression among children is a serious problem. Many children suffer from undiagnosed depression. With adults, depression symptoms tend to be straightforward and easily detected. Some children may have such obvious symptoms as constant sadness, lack of energy, lack of interest in previously pleasurable activities, inability to concentrate (not related to ADHD), being either unable to sleep, or sleeping too much, lack of appetite or overeating. Other children's symptoms may be very different. A child suffering from depression can be defiant, angry, aggressive, anxious, or withdrawn. She may have nightmares, be afraid to be away from her parents or withdraw from them, not want to go to school, and her grades may drop. She may complain that no one likes her, or that she doesn't have any friends. A child who begins giving away her possessions may be suicidal. Any time a child talks about dying or killing herself, take her seriously. If a child is having these symptoms, it is vital that her doctor evaluate her. There are physical problems that can cause depression. After a thorough medical evaluation, if she does not have any physical problems, talking to her teacher(s) can be helpful. Getting feedback from school about how she is behaving in class, and how she gets along with her peers can give additional perspective on her symptoms.

115. Crescentlife.com: Addressing Psycho-social Issues Of Muslims From Western And Tr A collection of articles on issues of mental health, personality and familyissues, from a Muslim perspective. http://www.crescentlife.com/

CrescentLife.com St. Louis, Missouri. USA Last Updated: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Visitors: May 2000 - March 2002 = 382,114 read the webmistress

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